These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s Major League Baseball game(s). There are links to the full preview(s) on the Winners and Whiners and Stat Salt websites below. The confidence rating on a scale from 1 to 5 is in parentheses.
Note: The 5/5 does NOT represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick(s) from each individual game.
Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Brewers (-136) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Brewers UNDER 5.5 runs (-125) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Pirates (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs 1st inning (+111) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Braves -1.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (-121) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Braves OVER 5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves -0.5 runs (-136) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-121) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves -0.5 runs first 3 innings (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Phillies (+135) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (-105) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Phillies OVER 4 runs (Even) — 4/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mets -0.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Phillies (+111) 1st inning — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 6-11-1 (.361)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
July Record: 13-36-5 (.287)
June Record: 147-149-6 (.497)
May Record: 178-146-5 (.549)
April Record: 156-153-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 506-508-26 (.499)
1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000) (0-0-0 (.000) in July) (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000) (0-0-0 (.000) in July) (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-7-1 (.318) (5-20-5 (.250) in July) (289-313-17 (.481) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-3 (.250) (5-10-0 (.333) in July) (131-128-4 (.506) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667) (3-6-0 (.333) in July) (92-77-7 (.543) overall)
1-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in June; 0-0-0 (.000) in May; 0-0-0 (.000) in April; 0-0-0 (.000) in March
2-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in June; 0-0-0 (.000) in May; 0-0-0 (.000) in April; 0-0-0 (.000) in March
3-Star by month: 88-80-5 (.523) in June; 99-92-2 (.518) in May; 90-94-4 (.489) in April; 7-27-1 (.214) in March
4-Star by month: 38-41-0 (.481) in June; 46-33-1 (.581) in May; 36-41-3 (.469) in April; 6-4-0 (.600) in March
5-Star by month: 21-28-1 (.430) in June; 33-21-2 (.596) in May; 30-18-4 (.615) in April; 5-4-0 (.556) in March
(Noah Syndergaard/Mickey Callaway photo courtesy Wendell Cruz/USA TODAY Sports)